Reflections on leadership, governance and school operations
Monday 7 December 2020 is the 5 year anniversary of my first day as a School Business Manager. I cannot believe how fast the last 5 years has gone. For many years I had coveted the School Business Manager role from my position in the Education department in the Local Authority. I was confident I …
A little something about my lockdown experience and (my perception of) how it’s going.
My trip to the US lasted for 5 days and what a memorable experience it turned out to be. After the first day I felt greatly at ease and relaxed amongst the new colleagues I'd met. The next four days that followed were filled with carefully selected education sessions such as a session on "a …
Continue reading "My American Experience – part 5: Lessons learned"
Over the last couple of weeks I've discovered just how wonderful SBMs are. Recent weeks had been very HR focused for me (recruiting is not my favourite part of the job but that's life). More and more I was starting to fall into a pattern of coming in super early and either working solidly until …
Most people try to form new habits at New Years - joining a gym, dry January, giving up meat etc etc. I tend to make my resolutions on each birthday as it's a more meaningful date for me. Since working in schools however I find that I am reflecting on things much more frequently. At …
The last day of term finally arrived and then whizzed past in a flash. Everyone counting down to home time in a state of end-of-term-delirium. True to form whilst everyone was winding down I beavered away to the last minute. Having started working at the crack of dawn I was determined to make it through …
As we moved into September most people around me were lamenting how fast this year has flown by. I’m looking at it from a different point of view - there’s still a quarter of the year left to go, what can I achieve in that time? What goals can I meet in the space of …
Well hi there, thanks for stopping by. I thought, seen as you’ve made the effort to stop by, I’d fill you in on where I am in this journey called life. Let’s start with the name of this site. Campbell is my married name which I acquired nearly 6.5 years ago now. When I got …
